US Security Firm Alleges Massive Chinese Hacking

In the last few months Chinese cyber attacks against the American government and corporations have been growing. Earlier this month it has been alleged that they hit the Department of Energy, In October of 2012 they hit the White House, they have been accused of recent attacks on the N.Y. Times, Wall Street Journal, NASA Jet Propulsion labs, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to name a few. At the same time they are buying up American business and real estate at an impressive clip. Obama and Congress have aloud the Chinese to buy up oil and gas deposits worth BILLIONS here at home. They are mining our nation apparently not only from a physical standpoint, but also our nations business centers and brain trust. Meanwhile they have been working diligently with Russia and a few other nations to dump the dollar as the world's reserve currency. And that my friends would be checkmate for the American economy. - W.E.

BlazeCyberattacks that stole information from 141 targets in the U.S. and
other countries have been traced to a Chinese military unit in a drab
office building in the outskirts of Shanghai, a U.S. security firm
alleged Tuesday. China dismissed the report as "groundless."The report by the Virginia-based Mandiant Corp. is the most
explicit suggestion yet by a Western security company that China's
military might be directly linked to a wave of cyberspying against U.S.
and other foreign companies and government agencies.Mandiant said it has traced the massive amount of hacking back to
a 12-story office building run by "Unit 61398" of the People's
Liberation Army, and that the attacks targeted key industries including
military contractors and companies that control energy grids.The unit "has systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organizations," Mandiant wrote."From our observations, it is one of the most prolific
cyberespionage groups in terms of the sheer quantity of information
stolen," the company said, adding that the unit has been in operation
since at least 2006.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei did not directly
address the claims, but when questioned on the report Tuesday, he said
he doubted the evidence would withstand scrutiny."To make groundless accusations based on some rough material is
neither responsible nor professional," Hong told reporters at a
regularly scheduled news conference.In a reiteration of China's standard response to such
accusations, Hong said China strictly outlaws hacking and said the
country itself was a major victim of such crimes, including attacks
originating in the United States."As of now, the cyberattacks and cybercrimes China has suffered are rising rapidly every year," Hong said.China has frequently been accused of hacking, but the Mandiant
report contains some of the most extensive and detailed accusations made
public so far. The group said its findings led it to alter the
conclusion of its earlier 2010 report on Chinese hacking, in which it
said it was not possible to determine the extent of government knowledge
of such activities."The details we have analyzed during hundreds of investigations
convince us that the groups conducting these activities are based
primarily in China and that the Chinese government is aware of them,"
the company said in a summary of its latest report.It said the hacking was traced to the 2nd Bureau of the People's
Liberation Army General Staff's 3rd Department, most commonly known as
unit 61398, in the Shanghai suburbs.China's Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed
questions about the report, although it has in the past labeled such
allegations as groundless and irresponsible, and has demanded that
evidence be presented.News of the report spread Tuesday on the Chinese Internet, with
many commentators calling it an excuse for the U.S. to impose greater
restrictions to contain China's growing technological prowess.